Comments on: Tucows Bought Kiko http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:38:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Paul Elosegui http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64317 Paul Elosegui Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:11:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64317 <p>First Google used an electronic trading system to generate their grey market pre-IPO, now startups are exiting for six figure sums through another electronic trading market. Does not bode well for M&A advisors when eBay gets into their act.</p> First Google used an electronic trading system to generate their grey market pre-IPO, now startups are exiting for six figure sums through another electronic trading market. Does not bode well for M&A advisors when eBay gets into their act.

]]> By: Ken Schafer - Tucows http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64315 Ken Schafer - Tucows Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:07:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64315 <p>Thanks for the coverage Liz!</p> <p>"The company set up a corporate blog to justify its recent purchase"</p> <p>While it sure looks like that, this is far from the case.</p> <p>We've been blogging for ages (as individuals and as a company) but we never managed to get around to doing an "official Tucows blog". It was on the slate for a late September launch but when the Kiko deal was ready to be announced we decided to rush-release the blog to tell the world about the deal the way we want to in the future.</p> <p>If you check out the blog now http://www.tucowsblog.com/ you'll find a few additional posts of interest, including links to a few podcasts Elliot our CEO has done about Kiko.</p> <p>Love the new look btw - outstanding!</p> Thanks for the coverage Liz!

“The company set up a corporate blog to justify its recent purchase”

While it sure looks like that, this is far from the case.

We’ve been blogging for ages (as individuals and as a company) but we never managed to get around to doing an “official Tucows blog”. It was on the slate for a late September launch but when the Kiko deal was ready to be announced we decided to rush-release the blog to tell the world about the deal the way we want to in the future.

If you check out the blog now http://www.tucowsblog.com/ you’ll find a few additional posts of interest, including links to a few podcasts Elliot our CEO has done about Kiko.

Love the new look btw – outstanding!

]]> By: me http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64313 me Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:52:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64313 <p>Kiko was buggered under paul graham's nose. </p> <p>When you add up the hours and the name recognition, tucows accomplished a bank heist.</p> Kiko was buggered under paul graham’s nose.

When you add up the hours and the name recognition, tucows accomplished a bank heist.

]]> By: me http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64311 me Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:47:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64311 <p>To the user that suggested outsourcing development of an application to drive down cost. It would be nice if it were that simple but it usually ends up costing 3 times more. You might be too late in the game, corporations are waking up now.</p> To the user that suggested outsourcing development of an application to drive down cost. It would be nice if it were that simple but it usually ends up costing 3 times more. You might be too late in the game, corporations are waking up now.

]]> By: Emre Sokullu http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64309 Emre Sokullu Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:49:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64309 <p>Only the buzz they created is worth $250K; so this was a very very good deal in my opinion.</p> Only the buzz they created is worth $250K; so this was a very very good deal in my opinion.

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64307 Dave Zatz Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:47:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64307 <p>"I’d say Tucows got a bargain here. They bought a working site for 250K."</p> <p>Even if the site was a bargain, will Tucows make any money off of it? What's their business model? Tucows was a software library (like Download.com) that added some registrar/hosting capabilities. How does a calendar further their goals and grow their business? Do they even know?</p> “I’d say Tucows got a bargain here. They bought a working site for 250K.”

Even if the site was a bargain, will Tucows make any money off of it? What’s their business model? Tucows was a software library (like Download.com) that added some registrar/hosting capabilities. How does a calendar further their goals and grow their business? Do they even know?

]]> By: Kris Tuttle http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64305 Kris Tuttle Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:23:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64305 <p>The Kiko folks seemed good to me so I'm glad they were able to do this. I think it's genius to use eBay for the process (other than the fee which might be high even by investment banking standards…)</p> <p>Calendars need to tackle the difficult and far more interesting use cases for them to be really worth much more than the raw development costs.</p> The Kiko folks seemed good to me so I’m glad they were able to do this. I think it’s genius to use eBay for the process (other than the fee which might be high even by investment banking standards…)

Calendars need to tackle the difficult and far more interesting use cases for them to be really worth much more than the raw development costs.

]]> By: Brian McConnell http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64303 Brian McConnell Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:28:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64303 <p>I'd say Tucows got a bargain here. They bought a working site for 250K. You can't even buy a one bedroom condo for that much in SF. </p> <p>Sure they could've spent less outsourcing. Might have gotten good product, but also might have gotten ripped off. So I think they made a smart move here. 250K for an established company is nothing.</p> I’d say Tucows got a bargain here. They bought a working site for 250K. You can’t even buy a one bedroom condo for that much in SF.

Sure they could’ve spent less outsourcing. Might have gotten good product, but also might have gotten ripped off. So I think they made a smart move here. 250K for an established company is nothing.

]]> By: Startups.in/India http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64301 Startups.in/India Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:47:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64301 <p>Just a thought..wouldn't it be doable by an outsourced team in 6 months at an approx cost of 2000 USD/month. I'd believe so especially looking at the activity on the popular freelance sites with top notch development firms. Worst still..atleast for double/triple/quadruple that amount??</p> Just a thought..wouldn’t it be doable by an outsourced team in 6 months at an approx cost of 2000 USD/month. I’d believe so especially looking at the activity on the popular freelance sites with top notch development firms. Worst still..atleast for double/triple/quadruple that amount??

]]> By: Larry Myers http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64299 Larry Myers Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:29:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64299 <p>Sounds like a deal to me. Let's say you have a team of 3-4 skilled web developers doing something similar to Kiko. Figure at around $55k-$60k/year salary that works out to $240,000 for a year of development work, and that assumes that they get it done in a year. </p> <p>So $258,100 for a calendar that they -know- works is a pretty good deal. Plus they can instead devote that year of developer work to something else in Tucows to attempt to generate revenue.</p> Sounds like a deal to me. Let’s say you have a team of 3-4 skilled web developers doing something similar to Kiko. Figure at around $55k-$60k/year salary that works out to $240,000 for a year of development work, and that assumes that they get it done in a year.

So $258,100 for a calendar that they -know- works is a pretty good deal. Plus they can instead devote that year of developer work to something else in Tucows to attempt to generate revenue.

]]> By: Startups.in/India http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64297 Startups.in/India Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:08:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64297 <p>Mr. Noss may be right. It defintely was easier and simpler to buy one. But I wonder ..Was he wiser? $258,100 for a calendar??</p> Mr. Noss may be right. It defintely was easier and simpler to buy one. But I wonder ..Was he wiser? $258,100 for a calendar??

]]> By: Anonymous http://gigaom.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64295 Anonymous Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:07:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/tucows-bought-kiko/#comment-64295 <p>Mr. Noss may be right. It defintely was easier and simpler to buy one. But I wonder ..Was he wiser? $258,100 for a calendar??</p> Mr. Noss may be right. It defintely was easier and simpler to buy one. But I wonder ..Was he wiser? $258,100 for a calendar??

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